Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Rhizaria > Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea > Subclass Textulariana > Order Lituolida > Suborder Lituolina > Superfamily Lituoloidea > Family Lituolidae > Subfamily Ammomarginulininae > Genus Ammotium

Ammotium cassis (Parker, 1870)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ammotium*	Loeblich & Tappan, 1953	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Lituola cassis*	Parker in Dawson, 1870	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 60-75
additional source	Sen Gupta, B. K.; Smith, L. E.; Machain-Castillo, M. L. (2009). Foraminifera of the Gulf of Mexico in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. 87-129.
new combination reference	Boltovskoy, E.; Giussani, G.; Watanabe, S.; Wright, R. (1980). Atlas of Benthic Shelf Foraminifera of the Southwest Atlantic. Dr. W. Junk b.v., Publishers, The Hague, 147 pp., pl. 36.

Genbank

Citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Ammotium cassis (Parker, 1870). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:114029